That's how I see it hahaAfter T14 there is a clump until you get to WUSTL which is a stand alone, followed by the Boston schools probably in my opinion. Like everyone else though I consider 20-35 all about equal.

How can anybody in their right mind think that any good will come of this.

Unless you are backing this up with hard data like OCI results all you are doing is throwing around conjecture. Posts like these will just attract people who want to argue and defend school X or attack school Y. It gets boring and repetitive.

Alternate rankings can be helpful for specific purposes such as federal clerkship placements, large law firm placement, section class size, etc. when based on verifiable data, but are not helpful when simply based on one's opinion of prestige.

That's how I see it hahaAfter T14 there is a clump until you get to WUSTL which is a stand alone, followed by the Boston schools probably in my opinion. Like everyone else though I consider 20-35 all about equal.

That's how I see it hahaAfter T14 there is a clump until you get to WUSTL which is a stand alone, followed by the Boston schools probably in my opinion. Like everyone else though I consider 20-35 all about equal.

CanadianWolf wrote:Alternate rankings can be helpful for specific purposes such as federal clerkship placements, large law firm placement, section class size, etc. when based on verifiable data, but are not helpful when simply based on one's opinion of prestige.

Okay, to turn this to more objective criteria then, what is the generally accepted ranking of the T14 for Article III clerkships?

CanadianWolf wrote:Alternate rankings can be helpful for specific purposes such as federal clerkship placements, large law firm placement, section class size, etc. when based on verifiable data, but are not helpful when simply based on one's opinion of prestige.

Okay, to turn this to more objective criteria then, what is the generally accepted ranking of the T14 for Article III clerkships?

It's all opinion obviously but Berkeley is where it is because I left them in their USNWR ranking order. Duke just strikes me as being above Northwestern, don't know why, and UChi could probably be demoted to even with NYU if you want.

rayiner wrote:In terms of employment, which is the only thing that matters:

YSHCNCVPDNBMCG

zomg which C is which C?!

Columbia > Chicago.

ITE, what's really mattering is schools having pipelines into big firms. Schools that send 1-2 graduates here and there like Michigan and Chicago are suffering (relative to their overall rank) as compared to schools that send tons of grads each year into specific firms.

ITE, what's really mattering is schools having pipelines into big firms. Schools that send 1-2 graduates here and there like Michigan and Chicago are suffering (relative to their overall rank) as compared to schools that send tons of grads each year into specific firms.

I was kidding about the C's.

That is interesting as a reason why certain schools are suffering more than others ITE.

ITE, what's really mattering is schools having pipelines into big firms. Schools that send 1-2 graduates here and there like Michigan and Chicago are suffering (relative to their overall rank) as compared to schools that send tons of grads each year into specific firms.